The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-04-14
Crime and Casualty.

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Crime and Casualty.
CHEERING FOR ARENsDORF.
SIOUX CITY, April Elm the Hal
lock case to-day Jas. Junk, Joseph
BOrsch and others testified as to the
reputation of Leavitt and Bismarck
The witnesses were saloon keepers.
They pronounced their regulations very
bad. I. Charter, a boarder at Paul
Leaders. one of the defendants, teSti-
fed he was one Of the crowd that went
from Junk's saloon to the scene of the
murder. About a half dozen started
down with Leavitt. ArensdOrf did not
go with them. AS we passed the crowd
some body took Leaders hat and put
another hat on him. 1t was the man
| whom understood TO be LeaVitt. lie
passed and turned the corner and went
south on Water Street, between sixty
and eighty feet. Then we heard the
report of a pistol shot. We looked
around instantly. We saw one man
stagger and fall, and another turning
to run away. The man running away
had a rubber coat and light pants.
Bismarck was not with us. We got
back about ii o'clock. Bismarck was
| not at the Milwaukee House. ArenS-
dOrf was not the man who fired the
shot. l am positive ne was not in the
| crowd that went to the scene of the
murder.
THE sCHwARTZ-wATT TRIAL.
CHICAGO, April GA Daily News
| Morris, Ills, special says: The testi-
mony of convict William J. Gallagher
continued to-day in the Schwartz Watt
murder trial. Gallagher detailed sew
eral purported conversations he had
with Schwartz in the Cook County Jail.
Schwartz was anxious to have Gala
| CHER take So, 900 which was in one hun
dred dollar bills and get them changed
| to five and ten dollar notes, and offered
to pay Gallagher three hundred dollars
| If he would arrange the matter. Gal
lagher asked Schwartz if the money
was part of the proceeds: of the Rock
clared it was not. He said a Jew had
| left satchel on the Rock Island train,
and that he had found the money in
this satchel.
DIDN'T TAKE THE TOWN.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 6.-The
Times Nevada, Mo-, special says: Geo.
and Clarence Stein, brothers, came in
from the Territory to Minder yester-
day and started to take the town.
Marshal Ridge and Deputy Craddock
pursued them and fight followed, in
which all were wounded, George Stein
fatally and his brother quite seriously.
1t is feared that the Stems friends
will cause further trouble.
A NEW CHAPTER.
/ LANSING, Mich, April LISA Fore
stone, a Japanese merchant of high
standing here, furnishes new chapter
of romance concerning KiSsane. Up
to the present there was no clue to the
whereabouts of Kissane from the time
he was at Nicaragua to his appearance
| in California. ForeStone supplies the
missing chapter. During the Chinese
rebellion, in 1857, FOrestone was cap
tured by detachment of rebels and
taken to Shanghai, with other Japanese
prisoners. Here the rebels were over
come by the Chinese troops under COM
mand of an American who was none
other than KisSane. He had secured
the favor of the Emperor through his
shrewdness and was raised to rank of a
general of the army. The young Jap
anese was made his body servant. USa
and Kissane finally went to Europe.
where Kissane visited all the principal
cities.
| CHANGED HIS MIND.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, April John
FitZsimmons, who testified for the
State last week, that the man he saw
shoot Haddock ran in the direction of
the bridge, again appeared on the
stand this morning and swore for the
defense that he was formerly mistaken
concerning that point. He now thinks
the man who did the shooting ran in
a northerly direction. lie did not be-
lieve the assassin was john Arensdorf.
ARENSDORF ON THE STAND.
In the Haddock case. John Arens-
dorf, the defendant, took the stand
and testified substantially as follows:
Have been engaged in the brewing
business two years, and during the
month of August, 1886, was foreman
for Franz, brewer. On August
came down town between Z and 3 p. m.
Stayed at Phil Ebert place until $50;
met Barnes and Dave Lear and went
with the former to Shepherd g, across
the street; it was after 10 when we left
there; Barnes went west; went to the
Chicago Saloon, and then to Junk Sa-
loon; Scollard and Grady were there
when arrived; went next to the Eng
lish Kitchen, and heard there that q
man was killed; went from there to the
place of the murder; stayed few min
uteS, then weIIt to the brewery; return
ed to Junk's where l remained tel
home. Wore my usual clothing
blue suit and tailed coat; did not have
on rubber coat; have heard the testi
meny of Leavitt; was not at the corner o.
Fourth and Water Streets where Had
| dock was killed; was at the meeting OF
the End of August; was not private
meeting to my knowledge, nothing wa!
said in my presence about doing up
anyone. Tie witness then made /:
| detailed denial of the movements anC
language attributed to him in the ties
timony of both Leayitt and Mrs
, Leavitt. He had conversed with Leav
lit 1T the latter'S theater but had no
discussed the killing of HaddOck. Wit
ness knew Bismarck and wife, bu
, denied the truth of an important par
of the evidence relating to him. HI
knew of no conspiracy to injure an.
, body, and had no idea where Haddocl
! was that night. Being cross-examinet
: by the State, the witness testimon.
!. was characterized by sweeping denial
s of, all damaging testimony relating T.
him given by other witesses. He saw
Treiber at Junk'S ON the night of tn
murder, but did not remember seein.
Munstrath; did not see Peters a
: Junks; saw him several weeks after tn
. murder. but knew nothing about wher
he went; denied receiving any lette
? from Treiber; had talked with Mrs
Z Treiber about her husband, but hal
e | written the latter no letter. Met Mrs
!. Bismarck on business matters re
g ferred to in her testimony, bu
s had never told the sheriff or an
t other officer that the wife O
: the suspected man had gone away: h
t did not think it any of his business: h
: did not know what he testified to befor
r the coroner and thought his recollectio
Q then was not as good as it was now
: These last replies were to questions in
e plying that the witness testimony bt
: fore the ccroner's jury was differen
q from that given in the court.
{ HORSES BURNED.
al DAVENPORT, Iowa. April 7.-Joh
e Killeens' stables at New Liberty, Scot
county, were burned last night. Thirty
seven blooded horses were destroyed
Loss $4,000. No insurance.
: CHICAGO BOODLERs.
II CHICAGO, April THE trial of tn
county boodlers is set for next Wedne'
day in the criminal court, before Judg
: Tulley, but it's matter of considerabl
8 speculation as TO whether the trial wi
b begin ON that day. The state is read,
l. hut there is some doubt as TO Whetht